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Help creating some policies you may need outside of the Library

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Alt Text quality add-on checks

Image Alt text is shortShort alt text can sometimes be an indication that included alt text is not descriptive.
Search for unwanted language or characters in ALT TextCertain language is not descriptive enough for users who are visually impaired. This check helps to uncover the usage of generic language.

Flag for potential issues with content

Contains words in all capital lettersSearch for cases where words contain all capital letters
Identify Unwanted AbbreviationsIdentify cases of the use of abbreviations on your site.
Locate repeating short wordsLocate instances of repeated words within your content.
Long paragraphsFor online texts, the recommended length of a paragraph is 40-50 words, or four to five lines.
Lowercase campus"Campus" should be capitalized when used in conjunction with city name.
Search for consistent phone number formattingFor the sake of consistency your team might have a goal of using (or not using) parentheses & dashes, every time a phone number is utilized.
Text look upYou can use DubBot to search for text that appears in pages. This example uses "Albuquerque" but this test could be used for anything.
Use of lorem ipsum as a placeholder"Lorem ipsum" is used often as a text placeholder. This Custom Policy can monitor your site to make sure that its not used in production.

Flag for potentially undesired HTML in content

Flag the use of <applet> element in pagesApplet element is no longer supported by many browsers and should no longer be used within pages
Flag the use of <b> tagsUse the software to identify certain tags in your CSS
Flag the use of Font TagsLocate any use of font tags on your site
Flag pages using H4 headingsFlag usage of H4 headings on pages.
Flag pages with fixed width tablesCustom Policy for locating pages that have fixed width tables
Identify Empty Heading tagsIdentify pages on your site where heading tags are being used, but are empty.
Repeating br tagsMultiple line breaks are consecutively used in the page.